Austen Jane 1775 1817 Brock C E Illustrator (1 results)

[English Literature] English Idylls edition, illustrated. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.vi; 396. With fifteen colour plates by Brock, plus illustrated title page. The plates are fully revised from his earlier engraved edition. Publisher's binding of full pale green cloth profusely gilt-tooled to spine and upper, decorative end papers, top edge gilt. Contents clean, endpapers toned, neat ink ownership to front endpaper, inside paper joint parted but firm, light wear to cloth, spine a little wrinkled. Shows well. A reissue, similar to the first but without date on the title-page, smooth edges to text block, and fewer plates. See Gilson E124 for First thus.…